Shift (NB)

The neurologist who originally raised a red flag around a cluster of illnesses of unknown cause will no longer be working at the province's MIND clinic as of next week. Dr. Alier Marrero will instead return to his work at the Georges Dumont hospital. The CBC's Karissa Donkin brings us that story.

A Saint John-based artist designed the first custom mural for the Elizabeth Currie Gallery at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, drawing inspiration from the Gallery's two Salvador Dali paintings. We speak with Deanna Musgrave about the project.

Today on our mountain biking column, we head up to the Madawaska region and find out all about the trails you can ride on. Former Edmundston Mayor Cyrille Simard will be our guide!

We've been hearing all about your unique and interesting collections this week. Today, we heard from a collector of personal diary entries. Nita Driscoll has been keeping journals of her life for the last 67 years! She tells us what it's meant to her.

The Atlantic Wildlife Institute is accepting small birds again, and making plans to safeguard animals from future exposure to avian influenza at their facility. We check in with Pam Novak.

Parents can now make appointments to get children five and under vaccinated against Covid-19. The roll out of this vaccine will be a little different. Pharmacies will have a role, but they are limited to children two and older. We speak with Jake Reid at the New Brunswick Pharmacists' Association.

It isn't every day you see a dinosaur or a human-sized pickle walking around the Fredericton Airport. But one woman wanted to surprise her brother visiting Fredericton for the first time. She put a call out on Facebook and ended up scoring an inflatable dinosaur costume. And it doesn't stop there. She tried the joke again with her sisters. We talk to Chelsea Crockford about the wholesome pranks.

We asked our listeners to tell us about your quirky collections, and they delivered! We'll hear from one man in nackawic who has been collecting beer labels since he was 11, and now has thousands of them from all over the globe.

Nackawic has managed to recruit a new doctor to the area. It took the whole community working together, plus a fundraising effort to provide much needed renovations to the local health centre. We speak with Gilles Alain at the Chalmers Foundation about that effort.

We're hearing a great deal about a crisis in our healthcare system, a crisis made worse by a shortage of nurses. We'll speak with a Moncton nurse who wrote an open letter as she made the difficult decision to leave the profession she loves.